Austin, Texas
The Texas State Cemetery
A high-octane shrine to the greatest Texans who ever lived.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Austin, Texas
A high-octane shrine to the greatest Texans who ever lived.
Austin, Texas
The former home of one of America's greatest short story writers is home to an annual pun competition.
Austin, Texas
A tribute to the "toughest woman on the Texas frontier," who survived a famous battle and five husbands.
London, England
A living lighting fixture.
Marietta, Georgia
This 19th-century building showcases memorabilia from the acclaimed 1939 film.
Baltimore, Maryland
This lovely tree was a thank you gift from the man known as "Public Enemy No.1."
Montreal, Québec
A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Denmark’s ultra-modern library hides a treasury of rare, unique books.
Honolulu, Hawaii
Hawaii’s largest cemetery rests inside an extinct volcano crater.
London, England
This overlooked street light once served as a KGB dead letter box.
Sønderborg, Denmark
This enchanting spring, steeped in local lore and a touch of royal history, was said to be the place where newborns were collected, rather than being delivered by storks.
Oxford, England
Originally founded in 1654, this coffee house claims to be the oldest of its kind in Europe.
Toronto, Ontario
The first post office in Toronto still operates today, complete with quill pens and ink for writing letters.
Kenilworth, Australia
An iconic designer dunny inspired by Aboriginal fishing baskets.
San Francisco, California
With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.
New York, New York
New York's transit system peddles terrible food in limited windows—this restaurant is a rare exception.
Stockholm, Sweden
A golden egg-shaped sauna in the Arctic tundra.
Jupiter, Florida
Before this area was filled with luxury homes, it was a movie star's 160-acre ranch and a gangster's hideout.
Fremont, Ohio
After a battle with Congress, Webb C. Hayes installed the gates of the White House on the fence of his father's Presidential Library and Museum.
Lakki, Greece
This Greek cinema was architecturally inspired by Mussolini's vision of a fascist Mediterranean utopia.
Leros, Greece
A stunning little chapel built on a rock in the Mediterranean Sea on the Greek island of Leros.
New York, New York
A 19th-century politician who died after walking home in a blizzard is honored with this Manhattan statue.
Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts
This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.
Clinton, Tennessee
The physical legacy of one man’s lifetime mission, following a near-fatal mine accident, to publicly proselytize for Christianity.